On average, Muslim men around the world have more formal schooling than women. But the Muslim gender gap in education has narrowed in recent generations: Muslim women have made greater educational gains than Muslim men in most regions of the world. In Europe, for instance, Muslim women and men average virtually the same number of years of schooling among the youngest generation analyzed, and in the Asia-Pacific and Middle East-North Africa regions – together home to most of the world’s Muslims – the gaps have narrowed considerably…